[Q71 Suppose that the height, in inches, of a 25-year-old man is a normal random variable with parameters g = 71 inch and 02 = 6.25 inch2 (a) What percentage of 25- year-old men are over 6 feet, 2 inches tall? (b) What percentage of 25-year-old men in the 6-footer club are over 6 feet, 5 inches?

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Answer: (a) Percentage of 25 year old men that are above 6 feet 2 inches is 11.5%.

              (b) Percentage of 25 year old men in the 6 footer club that are above 6 feet 5 inches are 2.4%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

                  Height (in inches) of a 25 year old man is a normal random variable with mean [tex]g=71[/tex] and variance [tex]o^{2} =6.25[/tex].

To find:  (a) What percentage of 25 year old men are 6 feet, 2 inches tall

               (b) What percentage of 25 year old men in the 6 footer club are over 6 feet. 5 inches.

Now,

(a) To calculate the percentage of men, we have to calculate the probability

P[Height of a 25 year old man is over 6 feet 2 inches]= P[X>[tex]74in[/tex]]

                           P[X>74] = P[[tex]\frac{X-g}{o}[/tex] > [tex]\frac{74-71}{2.5}[/tex]]

                                         = P[Z > 1.2]

                                         = 1 - P[Z ≤ 1.2]

                                         = 1 - Ф (1.2)

                                         = 1 - 0.8849

                                         = 0.1151

Thus, percentage of 25 year old men that are above 6 feet 2 inches is 11.5%.

(b) P[Height of 25 year old man is above 6 feet 5 inches gives that he is above 6 feet] = P[X, [tex]6ft[/tex] [tex]5in[/tex] - X, [tex]6ft[/tex]]

     P[X > [tex]6ft[/tex] [tex]5in[/tex] I X > [tex]6ft[/tex]] = P[X > 77 I X > 72]

                                          = [tex]\frac{P[X > 77]}{P[ X > 72]}[/tex]

                                          = [tex]\frac{P[\frac{X - g}{o}>\frac{77-71}{2.5}] }{P[\frac{X-g}{o} >\frac{72-71}{2.5}] }[/tex]

                                          = [tex]\frac{P[Z >2.4]}{P[Z>0.4]}[/tex]

                                          =  [tex]\frac{1-P[Z\leq2.4] }{1-P[Z\leq0.4] }[/tex]

                                          = [tex]\frac{1-0.9918}{1-0.6554}[/tex]

                                          = [tex]\frac{0.0082}{0.3446}[/tex]

                                          = 0.024

Thus, Percentage of 25 year old men in the 6 footer club that are above 6 feet 5 inches are 2.4%.

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